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What the Purlin-Final Offer merger says about the future of tech

May 11th, 2026 by Troy Palmquist

The next wave of proptech won’t be defined by standalone tools but by strategic combinations that create end-to-end systems, Troy Palmquist writes.

Category: Agent, AI, MLS & Associations, Select, Service, Technology, Video, artificial intelligence, ashley stinton, Compliant Systems, consolidation, Customer Overlap, Final Offer, Georgi Chigogidze, M&A, merger, mergers and acquisitions, NAR REach, Operational Efficiency, PropTech, Purlin, Purlin Enterprises, real estate transactions, Tech Consolidation, Tim Quirk, transaction management, Troy Palmquist, trust, Workflow Integration

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8 tips for working with homesellers who have sub-4% mortgages

May 11th, 2026 by Luke Babich

Sellers who are forced to move due to a job change or life event need help making the transition to a higher mortgage rate, Clever's Luke Babich writes.

Category: Agent, Agent Appreciation Month, Banking & Lending, Columns, Mortgage, New Agent, Select, Service, Teams, assumable mortgage, clever real estate, fha loan, first-time homebuyers, Golden Handcuffs, Home Buyer Regret, home lending, home loans, homeseller, inman, listings, lock-in effect, Low-Interest Mortgage, Luke Babich, mortgage, mortgage rate, purchasing power, rate buydown, Recast Loan, rental income, St. Louis, theme-month-202605

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11

How I built a chief of staff with Claude Cowork

May 11th, 2026 by Audie Chamberlain

Audie Chamberlain connected Claude Cowork to his email, calendar, Slack, Clickup, Rechat and Google's Chrome Browser, then turned it into a chief of staff that outlines priorities for the day.

Category: Agent, Agent Appreciation Month, Brokerage, Select, Service, Teams, Technology, AI, AI assistant, AI chatbots, Anthropic, artificial intelligence, Audie Chamberlain, brokerage \, Chief of Staff, Claude, Claude Cowork, ClickUp, gmail, google calendar, inman, lead generation, Lion & Orb, listing descriptions, Nick Pipitone, PropTech, Rechat, residential real estate, residential real estate agents, slack, Team Communication, team member, theme-month-202605

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11

Jerome Powell is stepping down as Fed chair. Explore his tenure with our interactive timeline

May 11th, 2026 by Jim Dalrymple II

Jerome Powell is set step down later this week after a particularly eventful time leading the Federal Reserve.

Category: Mortgage, Select, Bill Pulte, Carlyle Group, doj, donald trump, fannie mae, fed, federal funds rate, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Federal Open Market Committee, federal reserve, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, FHFA, FHFA Director Bill Pulte, Home Price Inflation, housing market, Housing supply shortage, inman, jackson hole, Janet Yellen, Jerome Powell, Joe Biden, justice department, Kevin Warsh, Michelle Bowman, monetary policy, mortgage, mortgage rates, Paul Volcker, quantitative easing, quantitative tightening, Rate cut, rate hike, senate, Signature Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, Stephen Miran, Supply Shortage

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EXp says NextHome gives it an edge amid consolidation. ‘We’re off to the races’

May 11th, 2026 by Taylor Anderson

Picking up the franchisor could make eXp an attractive option for agents and brokers at firms that were recently acquired during consolidation rush, eXp execs say.

Category: Agent, Brokerage, Select, Agent Net Promoter Score, agent recruitment, agent satisfaction, brokerage \, brokerage consolidation, cloud brokerage, exp, eXp Realty, exp world holdings, Franchise System, franchisor, glenn sanford, International Segment, Leo Pareja, nexthome, Pareja, personal development, Private Equity, Publicly Traded Company, Real Estate Agents, real estate training, real estate transactions, success, SUCCESS platform, Taylor Anderson

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What the Purlin-Final Offer merger says about the future of tech

8 tips for working with homesellers who have sub-4% mortgages

How I built a chief of staff with Claude Cowork

Jerome Powell is stepping down as Fed chair. Explore his tenure with our interactive timeline

EXp says NextHome gives it an edge amid consolidation. ‘We’re off to the races’

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